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Create your sales plan
How a sales plan will help you to sell your product or service
Online selling
How your business can successfully use the internet to sell its products or service including creating an online shop and marketing online
Paying overseas suppliers
How to pay international invoices and overseas suppliers - common payment methods, their pros and cons, and foreign currency issues.
If you cannot pay your tax bill on time
You must arrange to pay your tax bill with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) if you either miss a payment or know you cannot pay on time
Distance selling
The rules and regulations on distance selling (eg phone, mail order, online) and how to do it effectively.
Selling through retailers, wholesalers and other distributors
The benefits of selling to intermediaries and the key points to consider including how to manage your distributors.
Making your sales channels work together
How to manage your sales channels to increase sales including reviewing each channel and supporting them with advertising.
Reaching customers overseas
Reaching customers in overseas markets and the challenges you should consider such as resources, research and local laws.
Advantages and disadvantages of face to face sales
The costs and benefits associated with selling in person such as building personal relationships and persuasion.
Why change your business structure?
Reasons for changing your business structure
Common legal structures for businesses
An overview of the most common legal structures for businesses
Re-registration of a company
How to re-register your company with Companies House to change its legal status
Negotiate and close the sale
How to manage a negotiation, and ways of getting the client to commit to your product or service
Service level agreements
Service level agreements define the service that outsourcing partners are expected to provide.
Online outsourcing
The advantages of using electronic outsourcing instead of conventional outsourcing.
Legal implications of changing the legal structure of your business
The implications a change in business structure has for contracts, tax and Companies House registration details
Project management templates and tools
Find project management sample documents and templates, including project scope, project plan and risk register templates.
Advantages of project management
Discover how project management methods and strategies can help you reduce risk, cut costs and improve success rates.
Advantages of having a project manager
How to choose and work with a great project manager, or develop project management skills in-house.
Project management checklist
Use our checklist to help you improve project planning and execution, and manage your project successfully.